Featured: See Your Book Here

See Your Book Here

Random Image

Gop Wood Mound

Gop Wood Mound

Hengeworld

Hengeworld

Login

Register here - as a registered user you get more features and fewer ads.

Who's Online

There are currently, 1601 guests and 1 members online.

Sponsors

<< Our Photo Pages >> Llech Ciste - Stone Row / Alignment in Wales in Carmarthenshire (Sir Caerfyrddin)

Submitted by Anonymous on Monday, 30 September 2002  Page Views: 8411

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Llech Ciste
Country: Wales County: Carmarthenshire (Sir Caerfyrddin) Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Carmarthen  Nearest Village: Brechfa
Map Ref: SN51422832  Landranger Map Number: 146
Latitude: 51.933500N  Longitude: 4.162561W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 4

Internal Links:
External Links:

Llech Ciste
Llech Ciste submitted by Postman : October 2006 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Llech Ciste, the 'Slate Chest' row has four stones in it.

Have you visited this site? Please contribute a description or any thoughts by adding a comment.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.


Llech Ciste
Llech Ciste submitted by Horatio : The stone from.the west, really shows the high profile quartz in this stone (Vote or comment on this photo)

Llech Ciste
Llech Ciste submitted by Horatio : Lech Ciste from the east, note the high percentage of quartz in this stone (Vote or comment on this photo)

Llech Ciste
Llech Ciste submitted by Horatio : Lech ciste with its now 'not associated' boulders close by (Vote or comment on this photo)

Llech Ciste
Llech Ciste submitted by Bladup : Llech Ciste. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Llech Ciste
Llech Ciste submitted by Bladup : Llech Ciste, The [only just] standing stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Llech Ciste
Llech Ciste submitted by Bladup : Llech Ciste.

Llech Ciste
Llech Ciste submitted by Bladup

Llech Ciste
Llech Ciste submitted by Bladup

Llech Ciste
Llech Ciste submitted by Postman : Perhaps standing stone could be a better title.

Llech Ciste
Llech Ciste submitted by Postman : It's name suggests a burial place of some sort, the stones are not in a line, confusing site.

Llech Ciste
Llech Ciste submitted by Postman : Looking back towards the road.

Llech Ciste
Llech Ciste submitted by Postman : Quartz

Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive OS map

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.


Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
 892m WSW 257° Crug i'r de* Cairn (SN5054228147)
 1.2km W 277° Crug Melyn* Cairn (SN50282850)
 1.4km W 278° Crug Canol* Cairn (SN50012855)
 1.6km W 280° Crugiau Round Barrow* Cairn (SN49882864)
 1.8km W 278° Crug Bach Cairn (SN49632863)
 4.2km WSW 252° Crug-y-Rhyd-Hir* Cairn (SN47422714)
 4.4km ENE 57° Carreg Castell-y-Gwynt* Burial Chamber or Dolmen (SN552306)
 5.0km E 83° Carreg Bicca Stone Row / Alignment (SN5637228779)
 5.4km SW 230° Parc-y-Gaer* Hillfort (SN47212500)
 5.4km WSW 241° Croes Arthur Hillfort* Hillfort (SN46602585)
 5.4km WSW 247° Pant-y-llyn Cairn Cairn (SN46352635)
 5.5km WSW 247° Bull Hall Crug Cairn (SN46272631)
 5.9km WSW 246° Meini-Gwyn* Stone Row / Alignment (SN4598126102)
 5.9km NW 325° Crugiau Rhos-Wen 2* Round Barrow(s) (SN48213326)
 6.1km NW 310° Eirth dant* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN469324)
 6.2km NW 324° Cruigau Ros-Wen 1* Round Barrow(s) (SN47883348)
 6.3km N 356° Hafod Tridrws* Round Barrow(s) (SN51153466)
 6.6km NNW 333° Crugyn Amlwg* Round Barrow(s) (SN48613432)
 7.2km N 349° Crug Penheol* Cairn (SN50233547)
 7.4km NNW 343° Crug-Y-Bedw* Cairn (SN49523543)
 7.6km SSW 193° Nantgaredig Standing Stones* Standing Stones (SN495210)
 8.0km SSE 148° Cae'r Garn Round Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SN55522140)
 8.6km S 180° Ffinnant Fort Hillfort (SN512197)
 8.8km N 350° Crugiau Giar, South Cairn* Round Cairn (SN50193700)
 8.9km SW 215° Felin-Wen-Isaf* Round Barrow(s) (SN461212)
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< Llanwrtyd Wells

Maen Madoc >>

Please add your thoughts on this site

Contribute!

· NEW: I have visited
· I would like to visit
· Submit an Image
· Add a description
· Give accurate position
· Add a comment or news about this site

Cave Of Forgotten Dreams on DVD

Cave Of Forgotten Dreams on DVD

Sponsors

Latest Visit Logs

  • La Cieneguilla Petrolyphs
    “This is a historic site owned and managed by the Bureau of Land Management. It is located on the out…”
    by stonetracker · 11 Jun 2026
  • Ring of Brodgar
    “Early morning jaunt to get photos without humans.”
    by DeannaMcC · 10 Jun 2026
  • Badnabay
    “A short walk through rather boggy ground towards the west end of the horseshoe-shaped road coming of…”
    by RingPaw · 7 Jun 2026
  • Tsankawi
    “The complete Tsankawi Village loop trail is about 2 miles round trip. The parking lot is large, pave…”
    by stonetracker · 6 Jun 2026
  • Dun Beag (Struan)
    “Nothing much to add to earlier comments - a short walk but steep in parts. A spectacular site, defin…”
    by Glaschu · 5 Jun 2026

"Llech Ciste" | Login/Create an Account | 2 News and Comments
  
Go back to top of page    Comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.
Re: Llech Ciste by nddavies on Thursday, 28 April 2011
(User Info | Send a Message)
Both Coflein and the OS maps agree that Llech Ciste is at SN51422832 - 2km north.
[ Reply to This ]

Your Name: Anonymous [ Register Now ]
Subject:


Add your comment or contribution to this page. Spam or offensive posts are deleted immediately, don't even bother

<<< What is five plus one as a number? (Please type the answer to this question in the little box on the left)
You can also embed videos and other things. For Youtube please copy and paste the 'embed code'.
For Google Street View please include Street View in the text.
Create a web link like this: <a href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk">This is a link</a>  

Allowed HTML is:
<p> <b> <i> <a> <img> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <tt> <li> <ol> <ul> <object> <param> <embed> <iframe>
We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.